USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN 641)

USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641) was a Benjamin Franklin-class fleet ballistic missile submarine commissioned by the United States Navy in 1965. Named after the South American liberator Simón Bolívar, the submarine conducted strategic deterrent patrols during the Cold War, armed with Polaris and later Poseidon ballistic missiles. Over nearly three decades of service, Simon Bolivar played a key role in the U.S. Navy’s nuclear deterrence mission, conducting numerous patrols in both the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The submarine was decommissioned in 1995 and subsequently scrapped under the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program.